Pipe-hanger.



PATENTED SEPT. 18', 1906.

A. SHARE. PIPE HANGER. APPLIGATI ORIILED JULY19, 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT SHARE, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO EDWARD O.REGESTER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. I

PIPE-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 18, 1906.

Application filed ly 19, 1905. SeriaTNo, 270.320.

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT SHARE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented a new anduseful Pipe-Hanger, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in pipe-hangers.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, cheap, and efiicientdevice to support water, steam, and other pipes in posi tion, and isespecially adapted for suspending the said pipes from a ceiling.

Other features of my invention will be fully set forth in theaccompanying specification and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of myimproved hanger, showing the pipes in position. Fig. 2 is a plan view ofsame, showing one of the locking-arms turned out of engagement with thepipe-rest. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the pipe-rests.

Similar numerals designate like parts throughout the several views ofthe drawings.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

. forming part of this specification, 1 designates a fastening devicewhich is screwed to the ceiling or other desired place by screws passingthrough the holes 2 and is provided with a threaded lower end 3.

The cross-piece 4 is provided with a boss 5,

cast integral therewith, which latter is screwthreaded to fit thethreaded end 3 of the fastening device 1. At the outer ends of thecross-piece 4 and also cast integral therewith are the approximatelyU-shaped pipe-rests 6, the upper ends 7 of which extend above the bodyportion of said cross-piece 4 and are curved outwardly in oppositedirections which serve to guide the pipes into the rests 6. Theseupwardly-extending ends 7 are each provided with a notch 8, whichextends from the back edge about one-half the width of the said ends andare adapted to receive the locking-arms 9 and hold the latter inposition against any upward strain. The locking-arms 9 are pivoted tothe cross-piece 4 at 10 and are each provided with two notches 11, intowhich the upwardly-projecting ends 7 project when the said arms are inthe locked position.

The device is operated as follows: The fastening 1 being secured in thedesired position 7 the cross-piece 4 is then secured to the saidfastening by screwing the boss 5 to the threaded end 3. The saidcross-piece 4 now being secured in the desired position, thelooking-arms 9 are turned at right angles to said cross-piece whichpermits of the pipes being placed in the rests 6. After the pipes havebeen placed in the rests the lockingarms 9 are turned parallel with thecrosspie'ce 4 and extend across the rests 6 above the pipes and preventthe latter from being accidentally lifted therefrom or from springingout of the rests, owing to a slight bend in the pipe.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A pipe-hangercomprising a cross-piece 4 having an approximately U-shaped pipe rest 6at each end, the outer ends of said rests extending above the bodyportion of the cross-piece, and two independently-operated arms 9pivoted to the said cross-piece and adapted to engage theupwardly-extending portions of said rests to lock the pipes in therests.

2. A pipe-hanger comprising a cross-piece having an approximatelyU-shaped pipe-rest 6 at each end, the upper end of each of said restsextending above the body portion of said cross-piece and bent outwardlyin opposite directions, two independently-operated arms 9 pivoted to thesaid cross-piece and adapted to engage the upwardly-extending portionsof said rests to lock the pipes in said rests, substantially asdescribed.

3. A pipe-hanger comprising a cross-piece 4 having an approximatelyU-shaped rest 6 at each end, the outer ends of said rests extendingabove the body portion of the crosspiece and provided with notches 8into which the arms 9 fit, and two independently-operated arms 9provided with notches 11 and pivoted to said cross-piece and adapted toengage the upwardly-extending portions of said rests to lock the pipesin the rests.

4. In a pipe-hanger, the combination of the fastening 1, having athreaded lower end; the cross-piece 4 having a threaded boss 5 adaptedto be threaded upon the said fastening, an approximately U-shaped rest 6at each end of the said cross-piece, the upper ends of the said restsextending above the body portion of said cross-piece and provided withnotches 8, and two independently-operated locking-arms 9 pivoted to saidcross-piece and adapted to engage the upwardly-extending portions ofsaid rests to lock the pipes in said rests 6, substantially as and forthe purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT SHARE.

Witnesses:

OHAPIN A. FERGUSON, WM. R. LLEWELLYN.

